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Originally Posted by Oshiyama
My favorite movies were Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away. I loved those two movies.
My most hated anime movie is Pokemon. They were good at first but after the one when Ash had to put those orbs for Zapdos, Moltres and Articuno in the alters that was it. I couldn't bare to watch them anymore.
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That's exactly what I would say, actually, only I would add that I'd recommend that one sees Princess Mononoke before Spirited Away, because it's a lot better (although both are very good). Or, you know, watch it last if you save the best for last or...whatever. I liked the first Pokemon movie because it was actually good, and although the second wasn't that great, it was still epic for an 8-year-old such as myself. But, even now, the first one is still a good, surprisingly substantial movie that should be a model for all anime movies...because a lot of them kind of suck.
Other than that, I'd mention Akira and End of Evangelion. Akira's just awesome, with some stylish art direction and a good plot to speak of. Though you never really get a feel for the characters past Kaneda, it's easy to realize that that's all the film really aims for most of the time. The plot is sort of confusing throughout the film, but I think the ending does a lot to compensate for it, as it clears up most of the odd components of that story.
Now, if Darren Aronofsky (Pi, The Fountain, The Wrestler, Requiem For A Dream; he directed all of them) was Japanese, he probably would have directed End of Evangelion in nearly the same way that it was already made, only with a bit more emotion to it. I only say I like this anime film because while it is essentially emotionless and fails to hint at any emotion, the plot really brings up tons of questions on morality that kind of leave you in this conundrum of thinking whether it really has these emotional values, or if it is just a projection of a philosopher's pabulum. It's a pretty good movie with a plot that makes you think more than you'd like to think you'd think, but its biggest flaw is that it just leaves you under a spell of stoic demeanor because there's almost no emotional connection whatsoever. Whatever instances of it came up in the film either died out quickly or didn't come across that strong at all.
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